Project Sanitarium: Gaming TB-A Serious Game for a Serious Problem

Iain Donald; Karen Meyer; John Brengman; Stephen Gillespie; Ruth Bowness

doi:10.1109/VS-GAMES.2015.7295782

Project Sanitarium: Gaming TB-A Serious Game for a Serious Problem

Iain Donald, Karen Meyer, John Brengman, Stephen Gillespie, Ruth Bowness

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Abstract

Collaborative projects between Industry and Academia provide excellent opportunities for learning. Throughout the academic year 2014-2015 undergraduates from the School of Arts, Media and Computer Games at Abertay University worked with academics from the Infection Group at the University of St.Andrews and industry partners Microsoft and DeltaDNA. The result was a serious game prototype that utilized game design techniques and technology to demystify and educate players about the diagnosis and treatment of one of the world's oldest and deadliest diseases, Tuberculosis (TB). Project Sanitarium is a game incorporating a mathematical model that is based on data from real-world drug trials. This paper discusses the project design and development, demonstrating how the project builds on the successful collaborative pedagogical model developed by academic staff at Abertay University. The aim of the model is to provide undergraduates with workplace simulation, wider industry collaboration and access to academic expertise to solve challenging and complex problems.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	VS-Games 2015
Subtitle of host publication	7th International Conference on Games and Virtual Worlds for Serious Applications
Place of Publication	Piscataway, NJ
Publisher	IEEE
Pages	52-59
Number of pages	8
ISBN (Electronic)	9781479981014
ISBN (Print)	9781479981021
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/VS-GAMES.2015.7295782
Publication status	Published - 2015
Event	7th International Conference on Games and Virtual Worlds for Serious Applications, VS-Games 2015 - Skovde, Sweden Duration: 16 Sept 2015 → 18 Sept 2015

Conference

Conference	7th International Conference on Games and Virtual Worlds for Serious Applications, VS-Games 2015
Country/Territory	Sweden
City	Skovde
Period	16/09/15 → 18/09/15

Keywords

educational games
games education
games for change
games with purpose
serious games

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design
Computer Science Applications
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

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Donald, I, Meyer, K, Brengman, J, Gillespie, S & Bowness, R 2015, Project Sanitarium: Gaming TB-A Serious Game for a Serious Problem. in VS-Games 2015: 7th International Conference on Games and Virtual Worlds for Serious Applications., 7295782, IEEE, Piscataway, NJ, pp. 52-59, 7th International Conference on Games and Virtual Worlds for Serious Applications, VS-Games 2015, Skovde, Sweden, 16/09/15. https://doi.org/10.1109/VS-GAMES.2015.7295782

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